smart motorways - now the real reason

[Robin Evans]

It will need some effort. Him that passed me must have had eyes like Ben Turpin

[ckn]

21 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

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Well... there you go... your first warning points since you got back on the site.  You won't receive another warning, it'll be a straight ban.

[GUBRATS]

Apologies for the abusive language used 

But just to repost the other point I made , massive pot holes and various items dropped off vehicles ( a large metal ratchet strap in this case ) make speeding over the set speed limit not the cleverest thing to do 

[Robin Evans]

Behave thi Sen! ?

[meast]

Never mind the speed, i wish we could teach some of the muppets how to use mirrors, signals and lanes correctly, sort that then in 3 millenia we can move on to speeding!

[Saint Toppy]

On ‎13‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 6:13 PM, meast said:

Never mind the speed, i wish we could teach some of the muppets how to use mirrors, signals and lanes correctly,

Thats easy - ban all BMW drivers with immediate effect and you'll eliminate 99% of the problem  

[Robin Evans]

I got 3 more points today.

Are they like embassy coupons?

[RoyBoy295]

Similar, you get 12 points and exchange your license for a buss pass.

[gingerjon]

50 minutes ago, RoyBoy295 said:

Similar, you get 12 points and exchange your license for a buss pass.

Just say your livelihood depends on having a car and you can go all the way to 62 and beyond ...

[JDINTHEHIZZOUSE]

I've recently built 2 retaining walls either side of the hard shoulder on the m62 between j9 and j10 and got into a conversation with one of the engineers about the yellow 50mph speed cameras.Curious to how the technology worked I asked how the cameras where able to monitor everybody's average speed given the amount of traffic,his reply was that the only thing he knew about them was that they don't work and as they hadn't received any funding to power them up they wouldn't be working for at least the next 6 months,magic.

[Saint Toppy]

On ‎17‎/‎02‎/‎2018 at 3:32 PM, JDINTHEHIZZOUSE said:

I've recently built 2 retaining walls either side of the hard shoulder on the m62 between j9 and j10 and got into a conversation with one of the engineers about the yellow 50mph speed cameras.Curious to how the technology worked I asked how the cameras where able to monitor everybody's average speed given the amount of traffic,his reply was that the only thing he knew about them was that they don't work and as they hadn't received any funding to power them up they wouldn't be working for at least the next 6 months,magic.

You seriously shouldn't listen to an un-educated hole digging grunt.

The recently installed M62 J9-10 scheme isn't a Smart Motorway. The Croft Interchange (M6 j21a / M62 j10 junction) was selected as the national site for the first motorway to motorway ramp metering trial (ramp metering is the use of traffic signals on slip roads). All of the 'speed control' technology was installed as part of the scheme as a pre-cursor to the scheme being made fully operational in the future once all the trial data has been assessed (they have to collect 6 months of real time traffic data). It will also link with the M62 J10-12 Smart motorway scheme which will start construction later this year (the pubic exhibition for this  will be next month) and the M6 J21a-26 scheme due for construction early next year.

As for how the camera's work, there's 2 types in use - ANPR (Automated number plate recognition) that measure your average speed and static camera sites that take an instatnt speed reading (look for the line of white bars painted on carriageway as you pass under a gantry).

[Bedford Roughyed]

Some took a dislike to a speed camera on the way into work this morning.  It was lying on its side with a towing strop round it!